About the Event

One of music’s “most reliable and empathetic songwriters” (Pitchfork), Mary Chapin Carpenter has sold more than 16 million records over the course of her renowned career. With hits like “Passionate Kisses” and “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her,” she has won five Grammys® (with eighteen nominations), two CMA Awards, and two ACM Awards. 

Carpenter is one of only fifteen female members of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Her record One Night Lonely was nominated for Best Folk Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards, and in 2023 the songwriter was awarded the Poet’s Award at the ACM Honors, recognizing outstanding and longstanding musical and lyrical contributions throughout her career. 

Most recently, Carpenter unveiled her new podcast, Hope is a Muscle, which finds her in conversation with people from all walks of life. During its run, the podcast was in the top five music podcasts on both Apple and Spotify Platforms. 

Earlier this year, Carpenter released the album Looking for the Thread, a collaborative recording with Scottish singer-songwriters Karine Polwart and Julie Fowlis. Of the album, The Arts Desk wrote, “It’s only January but this is an album of the year.” The 2025 tour will feature songs from Carpenter’s entire catalog and her new album, set for an early summer release. 

Brandy Clark 

A Grammy, CMA, and Americana Award winner, Brandy Clark is one of her generation’s most esteemed songwriters and musicians. In the midst of a landmark year, Clark won Best Americana Performance at the 66th Grammy Awards and Song of the Year at the 2024 Americana Honors & Awards with her acclaimed song “Dear Insecurity,” featuring eleven-time Grammy winner Brandi Carlile. 

The track is from Clark’s self-titled album, which was produced by Carlile and features Clark’s most personal songwriting to date. Released to overwhelming praise, Forbes calls the record “an Americana Masterpiece” while Variety proclaims that it “further clarifies that she’s one of America’s treasures” and Billboard declares, “Clark continues to convey her inexorable talents as both a song-crafter and vocal interpreter.” 

In addition to her work as a solo artist, Clark has written songs such as “A Beautiful Noise,” the Grammy-nominated duet performed by Brandi Carlile and Alicia Keys, and Kacey Musgraves’s “Follow Your Arrow.” She also composed the music for the hit musical Shucked, alongside her longtime collaborator Shane McAnally. With the show, Clark won Outstanding Music at the 67th Drama Desk Awards and was nominated for Best Original Score at the 76th Tony Awards, with Shucked receiving nine Tony® nominations overall in 2023.